---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001335258-22-000114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYV"
cik: "0001335258"
company_name: "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T20:34:30.978550+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Nation CEO Rapino signs new employment contract through 2027 with $3M salary, $17M target bonus

## Summary
- Michael Rapino continues as President & CEO; term from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2027.
- Base salary of $3M; target annual cash bonus of $17M based on adjusted operating income goals.
- Annual performance equity grants of at least $10M in restricted stock starting in 2023.
- Signing bonus of $6M and equity awards: 333,751 time-based restricted shares and 1.12M performance shares tied to stock price targets from $93.90 to $143.90.
- Change in control triggers full vesting of all unvested equity; termination without cause yields 2x salary plus bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001335258-22-000114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYV
- cik: 0001335258
- company_name: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525822000114/0001335258-22-000114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525822000114/lyv-20220701.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001335258-22-000114.txt

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